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July 2018
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/31
New Malware Attack Abuses Code-Authorizing Certificates
ESET an anti-virus vendor has spotted one fresh malware attack which manipulates digital certificates to have the attackers gain advantage. The
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/31
Cyberattacks on Three Congressional Candidates of 2018 Stopped, Says Microsoft
During a panel in Aspen Security Forum, a Microsoft executive revealed about attempted cyber-intrusions by the hackers on three Congressional
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/30
Ransomware Currently Replaced with Crypto-Currency Mining Malware as Cyber-Criminal’s Preferred Tool
Skybox Security the cyber-security management leader worldwide has published the six-monthly update of its Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/30
Ransomware Assaults Target Hotel, Hospital in Navi Mumbai
One year following a ransomware assault against JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust), two new ones are reported having occurred inside Navi Mumbai.
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/27
Labcorp the Blood Testing Organization Confirms Targeted Hack
The largest laboratories' network LabCorp in USA where blood samples are tested declared July 16 that hackers broke into the IT network of the lab
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/27
Kids’ Online Game Roblox Hacked to Display Horrific Animations
The Hell provides one special place to human beings for whom it is amusing to rape one minor girl's avatar within the virtual world that small kids
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/27
Beware of Cyber Hackers While Travelling to the Airports
Business travelers should think twice before connecting their company device to the Wi-Fi network connections at the airport, as this may invite all
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/26
U.S. Voting Machines are Installed with Remote-Access Software – Confirms Manufacturer
Right now, the primary thought engulfing everyone's mind is election hacking, courtesy - the much-talked-about controversy of 2016 Presidential
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/26
The Latest Ethereum Network Spam Resulted in Huge Expenditure of $15m
There's yet again congestion growing on the Ethereum network, apparently because of spam outbreaks. The spam occurred from innumerable transactions
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/25
Trump Sides with Russia’s Non-Interference in 2016 Election
The malicious software, which intelligence agents of Russia allegedly planted on the Democratic National Committee servers, reportedly stayed there
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/25
Aadhaar Databases Safe from Hacking
Many reported incidents about hacking into Aadhaar data have come in that have drawn a significant amount of public attention during recent years.
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/25
‘Lumunositylink RAT’ Helps Steal Files, Documents after Illegitimately Accessing Pcs
A young man belonging to Kentucky recently admitted guilt towards writing and spreading "LumunosityLink" one widely accepted malware for
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/24
Selena Gomez’s Hacker Indicted
According to Police Department of Los Angeles, a woman from New Jersey, aged 21, was accused this past week because she allegedly hacked the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/24
A Strange Malware Campaign Attacked Indian Iphones
Cisco Talos has found an exceedingly targeted campaign put against 13 Indian iPhones which were allegedly utilized by VVIPs. The hacker, for this
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/23
U.S President Denounces DNC Regarding Russian Hack
Ms. Donna Brazile ex-interim chairwoman of DNC (Democratic National Committee) made a statement July 15 that it was important President Donald Trump
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/23
Twitter will Eliminate Innumerable Followers to Curb Fake Accounts
During a worldwide initiative to bust automated and fake A/Cs, a statement by Twitter, July12, 2018, suggests it'll start eliminating locked A/Cs that
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/23
Ticketmaster Hack through Compromise of Intermediate Service Firm
The hacking attack on Ticketmaster in June that resulted in exposure of credit card information belonging to 400,000 consumers happened to be from
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/20
Marcy’s Alerts Customers Regarding Online Data Break
Some online users of Macy's became targets of data robbery, including ATM card numbers, following a break in the retailer's
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/20
Hacker Gains Access to Sensitive Details about US Drones
A hacker (identity unknown) managed accessing certain extremely critical details regarding Reaper drones, a hundred-and-more of which defense
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/19
Medical Doctor Hacks Bank Accounts, Uses Stolen Money to Buy Cars
Michael Thompson Williams, a medical doctor, aged 26, was prosecuted on July 9 at a court under the Ikeja Magistrate's jurisdiction because he stole
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/19
Israel’s Bancor Latest Crypto Exchange Hacked, Suffers USD23.5m Loss of Crypto Tokens
A company trading crypto-currencies and named as Bancor while promoting an exchange service in a decentralized fashion recently became a victim of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/19
Hackers can Buy Organizations’ Credentials Cheap from RDP Stores
The Advanced Threat Research group of McAfee lately found that hackers were able to invade a lot of organizations which operated with easily cracked
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/18
Leading PUBG Streamer Discovers One Hacker, who has Unlimited Time
A well-known PUBG Twitch streamer, Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, recognized for his talented play and brisk reflexes, recently performed
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/18
A Hack into Timehop Reveals Data Seized off Innumerable User Accounts
A Facebook app called Timehop resurfaces long time created posts and photographs on the website. This particular app, on July 8, revealed a hack
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/17
Twitter Suspends Undesirable Account in its Drive to Stop False Information
Twitter recently blocked over 1m suspicious as well as fake accounts on a daily basis with the aim at stopping any false information that flowed in,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/17
Rakhni Trojan Turns Acute as it can Attack with Crypto mining or Ransomware
Digital-currency-themed malware comes in several ranges of shapes and kinds. Categorizing from ransomware to extracting malware and also crypto
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/17
Cyber Thieves Hack Gas Station at Detroit, Steal Gas worth 600 Gallons
Detroit cops are on trail to catch two persons they doubt were able in compromising one gas pump while get away with 600 gallons-and-more of $1,800
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/16
Presidency’s Website Invaded, No Information about Hacker
The Presidency's portal which reportedly got hacked and remained so for some part of Saturday, July 7, had been rectified same day when it again
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/16
After an Outage Problem at Singtel
An outage at Singtel is yet unresolved, say local residents in spite of the telecom giant claiming about its services being completely regained on
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/13
Whatsapp to Separate Mass Spam from Genuine Missives
WhatsApp, a popular platform for social media is about to sieve forwarded messages to separate mass spam from legitimate messages. Globally, the
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/13
Powerful ‘Smoke Loader’ Updated with yet Another Infection Method
A malware with extreme prowess that helps spread threats such as crypto-currency mining malware, ransomware and Trojans has been made up to date
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/13
Player of Croatia and Liverpool, Dejanlovren’s Social Media Account got Hacked
Some family photos and identity card image of Liverpool's defender were recovered from the PC of Selkirk's Peter Doswell, 22. He confessed
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/12
Extremely Stupid Malware Targets Fans of Cryptocurrency Utilizing Macs
Security analysts have found a new type of malware of macOS, being publicized on cryptocurrencylinked chat group of Slack and Discord. Creator of
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/12
Clipboard Hijacking Malware Monitors 2.3m Crypto Wallet Addresses
The world of crypto-currencies has become a place for malware attacks often-and-on where the malware creators seek easy money. One such malware
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/11
RJD Leader says Bihar CM Hacked his Facebook Account
Tej Pratap Yadav, leader of RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal), July 2, blamed Nitish Kumar Chief Minister of Bihar with charges of hacking into the formers
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/11
Israel Blames Hamas for Hacking Mobile Phones of the Formers Soldiers
The military of Israel blamed Hamas the Islamist collective of Palestine on July 3 alleging it attempted at infiltrating Israeli soldiers' mobile
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/11
A ‘Fortnite’ Cheating Software that Contains Malicious Adware
Malware authors along with scammers enjoy capitalizing on widely-played games' demand for trapping unsuspecting victims. Such is an unprecedented
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/10
Mirror Publisher Fills up Funds to Manage the Fallout of Phone-Hacking
The Sunday People, Sunday Mirror and Daily Mirror publisher filled up its finance for managing claims of telephone-hacking against its daily
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/10
Hacker Student gets Probation for Changing Grades
An erstwhile student of University of Kansas broke into PC-system of the school after which he altered his grades that actually showed him failing
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/9
Lil Yachty, Victim of Hack Threatened with Dishonor
On June 27, some Twitter users in a group hacked Lil Yachty. The group, which claims its name as Thug Organization, consists of Neel, Rey, Terror
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/9
Hackers Potentially Seized Adidas’ Website
It's being suspected that Adidas the sporting brand's website is under hackers' control. The company stated June 28 that cyber thugs probably got
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/9
Fresh Macos Malware OSX.Dummy Targets Crypto-Currency Investors
Hackers by employing a MacOS malicious program target people investing in crypto-currencies who utilize both chat platforms namely Discord and
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/6
US, Russia and France Separately Bid Extradition of Cyber-Crime Suspect
France in support of the stance by Russia and United States too wants one cyber-crime suspect of Russian origin to be extradited after his arrest past
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/6
Crypto Mining for Mobile is a Malware which is a Threat For Smartphones
Industrial companies say cybersecurity is a prime concern, even though most hope to become a victim of a cybersecurity event. But, how important it
SPAMfighter News 2018/7/5
Ukraine Discloses, Hackers of Russia Preparing Gigantic Malware Strike
Russian hackers are infecting Ukrainian organizations with malicious software to make "secondary doors" for a huge, composed attack, as
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/5
Twitter Posts Fresh Announcement to Sanitize its Platform
Twitter underscores new account creators to furnish their phone numbers and e-mail ids so that it can prevent creation of inauthentic accounts,
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/5
Clients of Ticketmaster Affected with Malware Attacking the Company’s Website
An alert has been issued for innumerable customers of Ticketmaster in New Zealand and Australia advising they examine their bank A/Cs after
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/4
South Korean Man Hacking Overwatch to Serve Priso
A South Korean man, aged 28, will be serving prison for a year because he had hacked Overwatch. The declared punishment, which Dot Esports and SBS
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/4
FireEye Says it didn’t Hack Back into Chinese Attackers’ Laptops
FireEye the cyber-security company based in USA has refuted claims which the entire past week have been spreading across social media regarding
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/3
The Surveillance Car of $5 Million Hacks Iphones from Just 500 Meters
A surveillance company of Cyprus declared to have manufactured a car with latest snooping kit which can contaminate Google and Apple telephones from
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/3
The Conflict between Nintendo and Switch Hackers is Increasing Rapidly
In the previous few years received wisdom, the days of malicious content kiddie are a distant memory. The present hackers are just inspired by
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/3
Lazarus Group from North Korea Attacks with Manuscrypt-Tainted Documents
A cyber-criminals' syndicate named Lazarus Group reported to be located in North Korea has been found targeting South Korea in the neighborhood with
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/2
Masterchef Finalist in Australia Defrauded, Homeless Following Hack
In a tragedy befalling an erstwhile contestant of MasterChef who was defrauded off A$250,000 in a hacking incident, she along with family is now
...SPAMfighter News 2018/7/2
6 Men were Captured in Coimbatore for Phishing ATM
The gang of six-member, whosteal debit card information from ATMs in Coimbatore,utilizing micro camera and skimmer and drained Rs19lakh from users
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